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My cousin’s out fighting dragons, and what do I get? Guard duty.
Mf talking as if he’s Vivec, and not the generic Khajit selling skooma
M’aiq is not a generic Khakit selling skoona, he has many fantastical tales to tell you, all of which are true!
Here’s the fun part: I have maybe played 6 hours of TES games, but I’m just assuming there’s a completely generic Khajit doing that besides the guy you mentioned.
M’aiq is a trickster spirit/immortal Khajit. He has appeared in all Elder Scrolls games to date. The original plan for the character was to Lie to the player about sights in the game yo encourage exploration.
Yeah, that’s probably the most concise way to state my reaction to this.
This reads like someone called them an NPC and they got big mad about it. Putting this much effort into trying to turn something around on a bully might help you feel better, but you’re putting 10x as much effort into it as they ever did, and they don’t care about your comeback.
You haven’t showed them anything except the insult worked. It got you worked up and that’s all they cared about. The person who “loses” is the one who puts in more effort.
It’s also demonstrating a willful choice to ignore the intended meaning of the insult to try and play a game of technicalities, which is rarely a good look. You can’t “well ackshually” an insult, it just makes you look silly.
It’s not difficult to understand that by calling you an NPC, they don’t mean the well written memorable ones. They mean the oldschool unnamed townsperson who only says one single pre-programmed line.
Most charitably, they’re saying that you’re just reciting a popular opinion and haven’t thought through it yourself. While also dehumanizing you.
Like, if this comeback was maybe 1/3 of the length it wouldn’t be completely awful for online discourse (trying for the last word so shitheel doesn’t think they “won”). That said, the best response is to just… move on with your life.
Someone called you an NPC? They clearly aren’t worth engaging with.
Yeah, that’s probably the most concise way to state my reaction to this.
Why use many word when few do trick?
Who am I to argue with a skooma salesman? Very important business there.
Oh, you’re a protagonist? You mean, you have to stand and stare off into space while someone else decides what you’re going to say? I always know what to say. And if you piss me off with repetitive questions, I’ll just start repeating myself until you go away. How’s that for “npc energy”?
When they talk about NPC energy, they mean being reactive to interactions.
But not all NPC are essentially reactive, a lot of them move the story forward says this picture.
Duh… says the zoomer, I meant the street NPC from the GTA series, you old fuck.
So the language game continues.
Also the phrase itself though is not fascist-coded, does have a glimpse of dehumanization: it’s essentially accusing someone of being not enough human. Disturbing.
A lot of the people using NPC also call people sheep, think they are the wolves and think they can kill them whenever they want.
It’s not always fascist, but it often is.
This guy has real Nazeem energy lol
Or you’re one of the filler characters with generic lines and a simple daily routine. That can be pretty cozy too
I’ve been an NPC the one time I’ve been at a LARP event. I’m not sure if the PCs had a better time than I did.
I am going right now to code an NPC that disproves this
I presume someone called Pavel an NPC then. This is a kinda sad response tbh.
And then there’s Shepherd at the opposite end of the scale.
